You have to believe the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of funding.
No.
You have to believe that the same public school teacher who can't teach 4th graders how to read, is qualified to teach those same kids about sex.
Yes. *Any* sex ed is better than none at all.
You have to believe that trial lawyers are selfless heroes and doctors are overpaid.
I think *both* are overpaid. In a truly free market they wouldn't be, but both professions go out of their way to keep themselves underpopulated and thus highly priced.
You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than nuclear weapons in the hands of Chinese communists.
No. BTW, there is no trade-off between the two.
You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical, documented changes in the brilliance of the sun, and more affected by yuppies driving SUVs.
No. Again, there's no trade-off.
You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being gay is natural.
No. I don't think pink hair is natural either, but I still don't think people who dye their hair deserve eternal damnation.
You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
No; no.
You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but pasty, revisionist activists who've never been outside Seattle do.
Most, but not all hunters care about nature. Enviros care about nature too, pasty or not.
You have to believe that self esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.
No.
You have to believe there was no art before federal funding.
No.
You have to believe there was no housing before HUD.
No.
You have to believe the military, not corrupt politicians, start wars.
Not in this country.
You have to believe the free market that gives us 500+ channels, can't deliver the quality that PBS does.
I don't watch a lot of TV, so can't say.
You have to believe that without a federal Department of Energy, there would be no gasoline or electricity.
No.
You have to believe the NRA is bad, because they stand up for all of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good, because they stand up for a few parts of the Constitution.
I think the NRA is bad because they are a bunch of trigger happy kooks. I think the ACLU is good because it stands for freedom and peoples' rights.
You have to believe that taxes are too low but ATM fees are too high.
I think taxes are OK. ATM fees - who cares? Change your bank if you need to.
You have to believe that Harriet Tubman, Cesar Chavez, and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than George Washington, General Robert E. Lee or Thomas A. Edison.
No.
You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides aren't.
No. SATs are not racist. Quotas are.
You have to believe second-hand smoke is more dangerous than anthrax or sarin gas.
No. Is there a trade-off here that I am missing? Will cigarette smoke protect me from anthrax?
You have to believe Rosie O'Donnell is brilliant.
Who is Rosie O'Donnell?
You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.
No. You are thinking of communism. The US is pretty socialistic and it works pretty well.
Sometimes. Sometimes it is hostile to people's rights (such as the right to keep and bear arms, and property rights, and the rights of landlords and employers.)
The ACLU is often less interested in protecting people from govt intrusion, than in redistributing rights among private citizens (such as employees, at the expense of employers -- thus negating the free market and property rights).